HS Friday Bulletin 02-03

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Message from the Adm inistration:

Dear Parents,

As I write this message, I find myself in the enviable position of watching, and thoroughly enjoying, the

IASAS Rugby and Touch tournaments, hosted this year here at ISM. The boys performed as well as we hoped

yesterday (Thursday), with a first game defeat to SAS, Singapore followed by a last second (literally, last

second) victory against ISB, Bangkok. Our girls made a confident and commanding start to this year’s

campaign with a 5-0 win against JIS, Jakarta followed by a second, albeit more narrow, victory against TAS,Taipei. It is encouraging to witness the excellent level of support by our ES, MS and HS students and

teachers, together with many, many parents here to enjoy the games.

Please come out to ISM tomorrow, (Saturday, February 4th) to both support or sports men and women and to

enjoy the competition. The schedule of games can be found at iasas.ismanila.org/rugby/schedule.

Elsewhere in the region our ISM athletes have made a strong start – with Basketball in Bangkok, Swimming in

Jakarta, and Tennis in KL. The results for all these, including the Rugby and Touch can be found on the

iasas.asia website. Good luck to all our athletes.

As Mr. Brown stated in last week’s Friday Bulletin, we are rapidly approaching the time of year when

students make their selections for the courses that they would like to study next academic year, 2012-2013.

Please take the time to review the “High School Course Offerings 2012-2013” handbook that is available to

browse online on our website at www.ismanila.org. Make sure that you have discussed the courses that your

son or daughter would like to take next year so that they align with their future plans and aspirations.

A large part of next Tuesday’s High School Parent Coffee will focus on the course selection process – if you

can make it we would love for you to attend this session at 9:30 in the Little Theatre.

Michael Dickinson William R. S. Brown

High School Assistant Principal High School Principal

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students.

International School ManilaFor ATTENDANCE concerns,please contact the HS Office(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653email [email protected]

For GUIDANCE concerns, pleascontact Bella, Gigi or JasminTel:840-8655 / 840-8660February 3, 2012

A weekly bulletin for Parents and Students



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FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER :

FROM THE COUNSELING OFFICE:HS CALENDAR:

Monday, February 6:

Tuesday, February 7:

IASAS MATH

HS Parent Coffee 9:30 am (LT)

IB2 Film

Production

portfolio

draft

DUE

Wednesday, February 8:

Late Start

IB2 English A2 EA due (written tasks)

Thursday, February 9:

IB2 Econ IA Due (Commentary)

Gr.9 Parent /Student Course Info Meeting

5:15‐5:45pm Little Theater

Gr.10 Parent /Student Course Info Meeting

6:00‐7:30pm

Little

Theater

Friday, February 10:

IB2 Theater IA Due (IPP)

IB2 Lang B & A2 Orals

Saturday, February 11:

Saturday Service Grade 12

Battle of the Bands (Preliminaries)

Upcoming Events:

Feb 17‐19: GIN CONFERENCE

February 17: No Classes—Faculty In Service

February 18: Battle of the Bands (Finals)

Feb 20‐24: Course Registration Week

College Tours to U.S. and Canada

Visiting university campuses is a great way for

students to begin the process of discovering which

universities are good fits for them. Touring a campus,

meeting other

students

and

admissions

staff,

and

experiencing dorm life are all helpful in determining to

which schools a student will apply and to which school he

or she will attend. Summer university visits are especially

encouraged, when possible, for students currently in

grades 10 and 11.

Various companies provide “packaged” college

tours. One such company, TS College Tours based in

Singapore, has several college tours planned for students

this coming summer. Tours fill up fast, so if you are

interested, please check out the website:

http://www.tscollegetours.com/

TS College Tours focuses exclusively on the

backgrounds, needs and interests of students attending

international schools who hope to attend college in the

US or Canada. The founder of the company is a former

ISM counselor, and has vast experience with university

admissions.

Another reputable company, based in the U.S., is

College Visits. Information about their tours planned

between now

and

July

2012

can

be

found

on

the

website:

http://www.college‐visits.com.

REMINDERS:

For new students:Our school photographer, Tino Ley, will do his last

yearbook photo session onWHEN:Thursday, February 9TIME: 8:30 am to 1:00 pmVENUE: Room P045

Please remember to have your pictures taken so

you can be included in the yearbook.

Invitation to HS Parent Coffee :

All parents are invited to attend the HS Parent CoffeeMorning:

WHEN: Tuesday, February 7TIME: 9:30 am to 11:00 amVENUE: Little Theater

We hope to see you there!

-HS ADMINISTRATION



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FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER:

SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR PARENTS:

Don’t forget to mark June 4th

to 8th

in your

calendar. These are the dates for this year’s

Bearcat Career Experience program. Give your

daughter or son the opportunity to experience

one week in a “real life” company and in a

career area they are interested in and/or

curious about. Details on how students can

apply will be out later. For now, please just

keep these dates open when booking summer

vacation flights.

Please contact Mr. Doug McQueen in HS

Counseling

([email protected])

if

you

have any questions.

Doug McQueenHS Grade 9/10 Guidance CounselorSurnames A-LhInternational School Manila

(632) 840‐8664

Our HS Guidance Blog



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FOR SENIOR PARENTS:

To all High School Parents:

Senior Dedication Bought Pages for the Kawayan yearbook

are now available!

WHAT is

a bought

page?

It is a page that you create which will be included in the

Kawayan yearbook. It can contain anything – from family

messages for graduating kids to picture collages of your

child’s best moments in high school. It is a great way to

create a lasting memory of your child’s high school years

and you can buy as many pages as you want!

PRICES: (per page)

Black and White: PHP 2,500

Colored: PHP 4,800

*All

payments

must

be

made

to

the

cashier

DEADLINE: March 2, 2012 (Friday)

PAGE DETAILS:

Dimensions: Each page should be 9"x12"

Must be turned in as either a picture (.jpeg) or Photoshop

(.psd) file with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (dots per

inch).

SUBMISSION:

Please

burn

the

file

on

a

CD

and

drop

it

off

at

the

HS

office

WITH a receipt from the cashier. Please indicate that it is a

bought page for the Kawayan yearbook.

For questions, please don't hesitate to contact

Angela Sy or Kevin Yang at

[email protected].

Thank you for your support!

Angela Sy and Kevin Yang

Kawayan Yearbook Editors‐in‐Chief

FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE:



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FROM THE ATAC OFFICE: IASAS RUGBY/TOUCH: I hope many of our community havebeen able to come along and support our rugby and touchteams. There has been a real buzz and great atmospherearound the school the past two days and finals day tomorrowis sure to be exciting! The IASAS format for this event is greatin that all games for rugby and touch are played on ourHS field. Three rugby games are played followed by threetouch games morning and afternoon each day, so if you havenot come along yet come out and cheer for the ISMBEARCATS!

I would like to thank all families who have agreed to supportthis important part of the tournament by housing the visitingathletes without your support this event cannot happen. All theathletes really appreciate the hospitality they are shown.

IASAS Venues for 2nd Season: Traveling teams departedWed Feb 1st and return Feb 5th. Along with our rugby andtouch teams don’t forget to support our IASAS traveling

teams by keeping up to date with their progress via thesites listed. We wish all our traveling teams and coachesall the very best for the 2nd season championships. Rugby/Touch @ ISM http://iasas.ismanila.org Basketball @ ISB Bangkokhttp://inside.isb.ac.th/athletics/iasas-basketball-2012/ Swimming @ Jakarta and Tennis @ ISKL Kuala Lumpur

For live streaming and results of IASAS 2nd seasonevents as they happen go to www.iasas.asia. Hostschools will have their live sites information accessibleand this will be the fastest way to access informationduring the tournaments. ISM will be streaming all Rugby

and Touch games from our HS field. This link will providedirect access to the website and live streaming ofrugby/touch games at ISM http://iasas.ismanila.org

Congratulations to the following teams/coaches whofinished off the local season in fine style last weekend:Varsity girls basketball team- won the local league finallast Saturday vs La Salle Zobel 59-56 JV girls Touch won the UP Touch Invitational at UP MS girls Touch came runners up in the UP Invitational atUPJV boys Rugby won the PRFU/MANSAC league final vsFaith jv 36-0

3rd Season starts soon: Feb 6th sees the start of 3rdseason for (Track and Field, Badminton, Softball for MSand HS students and Mixed Touch for MS studentsonly) Tryouts information and practice schedules are nowposted to the blog and are on school notice boards.

GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game scheduinformation) Information about all mid week/weekenfixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blogPlease note the game schedule does change often due tinvolvement with many local schools so please check thpage regularly to find out the latest information of wherand when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click oschedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to thhttp://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need youpower school user name and password to access thgame schedule pdf.

BEARCAT DEN:

Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:

Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am – 1:00pm an2:30pm – 4:00pm. Tues and Thurs afternoons fro

2:30-4pm.

If you are interested in joining our group of volunteein the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteercoordinator Radhika [email protected] pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and tawith one of our volunteers they will be very happy tmake you welcome.

Mark Pekin

Director of Athletics/Activities

International School Manila E-mail: [email protected] ISM Website:http://www.ismanila.org/ ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/



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ISM AQUATHON 2012

Saturday 25th February

Presenting the Annual ISM Aquathon 2012

Open to all ISM Student/Faculty/Staff/Parent Community.

RACE 1 - MS Grades 7-8 - all High School and Adults - Start Time 8:00am Run 600m Swim 400m Run 1400m

Male/Female, Age Groups 13/14, 15-18, Adult

RACE 2 - ES Grades 3-4/MS Grades 5-6 – Start Time 8:30am Run 300m Swim 300m Run 700m Age Groups Under 8, 9/10, 11/12

RACE 3 - ES Grades 1-2 – Start Time 9:00am Run 150m Swim 200m Run 300m Age Groups 8 & Under

RACE 4 - Relay – Student/Student, Adult/Student, Adults/Adult, Start 9:30am - Run 600m Swim 800m Run 1400m

Awards Ceremony – 10:00am

ISM AQUATHON 2012 – ENTRY FORM1. Present this entry form to the Cashiers office and pay 300 pesos en try fee2. Cashier will Stamp Entry Form.

3. Present this form to the Swimming Pool Office

Pa rticipants Name -

DIVISION

AGE GROUP – Plea se Select a division and Age

Group (X)

U8 9/10 11/12 13/14 15-18 Adult Relay

MS7-8/HS/ADULT

8:00am

ES 3-4/MS5-6

8:30am

ElementaryGrades 1-2

9:00am

Relays9:30am

Cashier STAMP 300 Peso Entry Fee(Cashier Office)



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College Acceptances for Class 2012

Report as of February 1, 2012

College

1 The University of Alabama

2 Ateneo de Manila University (7)

3 Columbia University

4 De La Salle University Manila

5 Drexel University

6 Emerson College

7 Enderun Colleges Inc.

8 Florida Institute of Technology

9 Georgia Institute of Technology

10 Indiana University at Bloomington

11 Johnson & Wales University

12 Knox College

13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

14 McGill University (8)

15 University of Miami

16 Michigan State University (3)

17 Middlebury College

18 Northeastern University (2)

19 Northwestern University

20 Occidental College

21 Pennsylvania State University, University Park

22

University

of

Pennsylvania

23 University of the Philippines

24 Princeton University

25 Quest University Canada (2)

26 SSTH‐Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality

27 Stanford University

28 Swinburne University of Technology

29 Vancouver Film School

30 Vassar College

31 Wellesley College

32

University of

Wisconsin,

Stout

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HS Friday Bulletin 02-03